When your culture is counter-culture: Lovingly explaining your more traditional wedding choices
Offbeat Bride has some wonderful, “Thank you for your interest but I’ve already decided” conflict resolution posts that apply to pretty much anything. But here are some specific scenarios if you, like me, find yourself a little bit too onbeat for others’ likings.
Info for save the dates and 3 things to be sure to include
Our Save the Date postcards turned out pretty well, I have received many compliments. But if I could do them all over again, I would do a few things differently.
Here are the three things we should have included on our save the date postcards.
The wedding industry isn’t targeting you… it’s targeting your parents
One thing that my time working as telemarketer gave me — other than a very black conscience — is understanding about how different generations process and interpret media.
We spend a lot of time here laughing about the Wedding Industrial Complex, and we should, because it’s fucking hilarious. But it’s not really directed at us. It’s directed at our mothers.
Save money with a cake and punch reception
Once upon a time (okay, mostly in the ’40s and ’50s), before weddings became huge social events, they were typically held in a church with a cake and punch reception directly followed in the basement. So, what would all of this look like in money and time? Here’s how a cake and punch reception would go down AND save you money…